BONNYVILLE vs. LLOYD

It wasn’t the most impressive score line for the Bonnyville Pontiacs. A 7-1 drubbing at the hands of the Lloydminster Bobcats at the Civic Centre probably was not the way the Pontiacs wanted to start the exhibition schedule but this is why they have exhibition. Looking further into the contest the shots were even, the chances not so much however the pace of the play did not seem like a game that should have ended 7-1.
It was the Brett Slobodzian early on as the Prince Albert Minto grad showed his skill scoring the first 2 goals of the game. Kory Chisholm, Brody Foster, A-Jay Moore, Dan Hillman and Marcus Dahl all scored for Lloyd while Sherwood Park product Brennen Volcan was given credit for the Pontiacs marker.
The outcome might have been different if the Pontiacs had scored half a second earlier in the first period as they did find a way to beat Curtis Lemke but it was just as the frame came to an end. A post in the second might have helped but in the end it was a night to evaluate the young talent and begin looking forward to playing in St. Albert Thursday night.
Zach Weissbach started in net and Jordan Panasiuk finished the second have and while neither was tremendous this bloggers opinion is that neither played themselves off the team tonight.
Rylan Medouche went down heavily in the first period and did not return.
All this brings us one step closer to the start of the regular season Friday September 5th, when the Grand Prairie Storm visit the RJ Lalonde for the home, and season, opener.